In all history
of athletic America Pit Bull terriers none of the dogs have been
such a hit but Champion Jip. He was a combination not only
qualities of excellent fighter but also a wonderful breeder. Jip
was bred by James Crenshaw and as being a young dog this dog was
sold to James Garrett. Garrett raised him and made famous.

His fourth victory James achieved over Ozzie Steven`s CH.Homer.
This match entered analogues, because the caliber itself of these
two dogs that met in pit is unusual in itself. Though Jip won,
Homer proved that he himself was a good fighter and both dogs were
admitted to breeding. Now, when are familiar with frightening
worth of Jip, you are gonna get acquainted with active of this
male, with his breederвЂ™s qualities.

He gave a variety of Champions, one grand Champion and plenty of
one and double winners. Conversation in many conventions is mainly
about great dogs and it is a discussion of best lines, which
should be used in breeding in order to get the highest percentage
of game and winning dogs.

When the discussion had respect to Jip and his ascending the first
place in the list ROM, there always was one and the same question:
Have not you counted how many bitches were paired with him? There
is an answer to these dogmen: Take the best three fighters with
excellent breeding, such as STP`s Gr Ch Buck, four-times winner
STP`s Ch TORO and BURTON`s Gr Ch Hank.

They were the representatives of the three different bloodlines
and were considered distinguished fighters. Many dogmen tried to
use their bloods for naming single lines. All the three lived
equal in duration life lasting for 10 years. The tow lived and
died approximately at one and the same time, Champion Toro (Ch
Toro) and grand Champion Gr Ch Hank .

Hank carved his pit career earlier that the two others and was
paired as many times as Jip, and probably more. Grand Champion Gr
Ch Buck is second best after Hank in amount of matings. The next
is Toro. The gist of it is that all these dogs together produced
twice as little Champions as Jip.

There are well-known crosses when Jip gave several good dogs and
they are Jip/Red Boy and Jip/Rascal. As well it is informed that
there are two more Champions from Jip, for which there must be
added 2 more points to his existing 16 points in the list ROM.

Champion Jip was born in August 1976 in the yard of James
Crenshaw, in the famous offspring of Finley Champion Bo ROM and
Crenshaw Champion Honeybunch ROM. This mating gave 4
Champions. Champion Jip ROM became most famous from them.

Among his siblings there also were Crenshaw Champion Charley that
was considered the best fighter in the ring even as compared to
Jip; Champion Missy who is present in pedigrees of many todays
dogs, Sweatman Champion and Holly, who was terrible biter with
great potential. It was a great mating and was done just once and
the reasons are unknown.

Many find Jip one of the best match dogs of his time. The dogs
which he defeated:

Pelant Champion Kato in weight category of 43 pounds for
28 minutes.

Cooper WINI in the same weight category of 43 pounds for
58 minutes.

Stinson and Step Black Dog (it is rumored that was three
time winner on the weight category of 42 pounds for 2 minutes
5 seconds).

And
his fourth final match was against Oozy Stevens Champion HOMER
in the weight category of 43 pounds and he won it for 3 min 45
seconds. It was one of that classic matches due to which the
history of pit- sport is set. Two great dogs met and only one of
them could win.

TOMBSTONE had the
deepest game, -game that was not present not nearly in every dog!
GAME and match talent were distinctive features of MayfieldвЂ™s
dogs. Indeed only a wonderful fighter could win from a TRUE ace
вЂ“Bullyson young! Bullyson young was a really great fighter and
the first 45 minutes of match were like to hell!

Bullison young did not go away and fought until the end as a great
soldier! It is because he was a true ace! After the victory over
Bullyson, Jr. TOMBSTONE was open during 1 year but to no purpose.
After that Mayfield sent him to Patrick, who in his turn used this
dog in breeding very successfully.

Unfortunately, TOMBSTONE was infected with heartworms which were
almost impossible to treat then. But existing method of treatment
could lead to the dogвЂ™s death. Patrick decided not to interfere
with this disease and leave this as it was in order not to venture
the dogвЂ™s life. TOMBSTONE lived 62 вЂњhuman years.вЂќ

For his not long years he was managed kingly, because he was a
true king of Pit! Grandeur of NOMBSTONE was felt from his
appearance! It is very important to mention capabilities of
TOMBSTONE as one of the best who produced superior dogs. TOMBSTONE
is known to be the father of 6 Champions in 1985. Now TOMBSTONE
has 7 points in the list ROM.

You may think that TOMBSTONE gave so many champions because he was
paired many times. But this is not like that. TOMBSTONE got the
title ROM after his death. Sir Mayfield in his article about
TOMBSTONE narrated that he sold the dog right after his victory
over BULLYSON young, but Patrick asked that he might organize one
more match for TOMBSTONE, but during entire year nobody made a
decision to dare to a fight, in spite of the fact that there were
a lot of dogs available under this weight category, besides 7
Champions.

TOMBSTONE was a father of many excellent dogs and 1-2 of them were
winners. He was also a father of several dead game dogs and two
five time winners. His daughters PoolвЂ™s TERESA and LewisвЂ™ GR
CH
HOPE time after time proved that they were great bulldogs! There
is a doubt about someoneвЂ™s seeing HOPE in full play as well as
her
abilities and game!

CH SAVAGE was a sibling of GR CH HOPE. He fought with famous HOMER
and lost DEAD GAME. Their sibling CH TUFFY defeated a very strong
rival selected intentionally in order to win from Done Maloney. It
may be said that he won by one game! Maloney`s DOZER, a son of
TOMBSTONE and DOLLY lost to Anderson`s RED BARON 7xW for 3 hours
and 10 minutes!

Definitely if mister Mayfield had seen the Match with
participation of DOZER and RED BARON, he would have agreed that
these dogs were the gamest bulldogs in the world! Mister Mayfield
and his Japanese friend came to agreement in the issue of "GAMEDOG
DIGEST", that TOMBSTONEвЂ™s son вЂ“CH TONKA was a very game
bulldog!
As a breeder CH TONKA has 10 Champions!

Showalter`s ROOSTER came off a loser for 2:25 since not less
long victory the day before. PhilipвЂ™s TRADER lost for 2 hours
and
got a very honorary reward "BEST IN SHOW"! But on the day of show
arrangement it was more than12 claimants for this reward! Both of
them are grandsons of TOMBSTONE.

One could continue this list naming more and more wonderful dogs
of TOMBSTONE LINE. But because these dogs вЂњspeakвЂќ about
themselves
better than any person, it is necessary to put a full stop.

Pat Patrick paired Tombstone with Red Baby twice at 10 months
interval. And these two matings gave 8 winners to sport! The most
famous became CH TONKA, CH SNUBBY и CH CRUSH. And all the
remaining dogs from these matings were also involved in the big
game.

CH TONKA and CH SNUBBY were produced still
during first mating of TOMBSTONE
with Red Baby. Yet
being young he was sent to Danny
Burton, but Danny
sold him to Ronny Anderson who
was
very
glad
about this dog TONKA
that defeated very good dogs.

CH Tonka dog the
reputation: some of the best match dogs in the country. All the
three matches Tonka had
one and the same weight-34 pounds. This wonderful small Soldier
possessed the strongest bite and was the best as for his
destroying passages into the nose. But when viewed from any side
he was excellent!

Ronny Anderson used Tonka
as one of his major breeders and had considerable financial
profits from his matings. Tonka
was very popular. When TONKA was
8
years
old,
Pat Patrick
bought him out from Ronny
and began using in his breeding program.

And TONKA went down in
pit-sport history and not only as an outstanding fighter but also
as a fantastic breeder of superior match winners! Still being in Ronny, Tonka gave several Champions
and 2W, 1W. But Ronny
and many other professionals did not trouble themselves with
registration of the matches in SDJ, and just that prevented TONKA from having official
title ROM unfortunately.

Champions produced by Tonka
earned their victories during heaviest matches against the
strongest rivals! It is very much possible that there were several
champions among TonkaвЂ™s
sons but Pat Patrick is
not aware of this but is able to tell something interesting. So,
in Florida it is a bulldog named CH BUCEFUS 8W who won 8 victories
and lost only one game match.

Bucefus was sent to Don Maloney
and his father turned to be TONKA!
It is known well about CH SHAWN 4W/1, who won in 4 heaviest
matches and lost gamely. Only for RonnyTonka
gave CH JODY, CH BUCK, CH SISSY,
CH BILLY, CH WILLY и BOOGER( * CH SHAWN и CH BILLY were produced by Tonka and daughter of
legendary GR CH RED BARON 7W
, after that one of the most stable cross of TONKA/ RED BARON was made,
later on successfully working with CH ALLIGATOR line).

Tonka also produced many 2W and 1W, which did not achieve
their titles according to different reasons (teeth, diseases, were
used in breeding). Ronny
had a bitch named ALBURN,
which he bought from Raymond
Holt). Alburn
was produced by Holt`s Red Nick
and TonkaвЂ™s female
sibling. Pat Patrick
himself owned one dog from Tonka*
Alburn, her name was Anderson`s
ROSE.

He used her in breeding and all her born dogs were game
without doubts. Anderson`s
Alburn, except her ability to give excellent match dogs,
was a wonderful fighter. Pat
Patrick himself sold several puppies from Tonka* Alburn and his clients
were always content. It is difficult to establish how many dogs
were winners, but it is sure they were numerous!

Booby Smith has RED ROCK 2W ( legendary
fighter), who distinguished himself by his bite, game and unique
match capabilities. Red Rock
was got from of the last matings of Tonka * Alburn. Indian Gary has a male from Tonka * Alburn - Anderson`s
BEEMER. Here an interview of Gary about his dogs born from CH TONKA:

Dear Pat,I
want to tell you about my sons and daughters of CH
TONKAвЂ¦Indian
Gary`s Hagler (Andersob`s Beemer) was a winner twice, and then
retired because heartworms were found in him. He stopped Lenny`s
COWBOY for 37 minutes, but in the second match defeated Ohmar`s
CHAMP 2W for 2:20! After long rest, I started to prepare him for
the third match, but heartworms precluded from pushing the
matter through. Three months I kept him at home, but his disease
became sharper and I had to continue treating him seriously.
Unfortunately, I had to disannul the third match of HAGLER,
where I planned to prove that he is true game champion and
worthy CH TONKAвЂ™s son and i had nothing to do but to pension
him
off. Now HAGLER is 10 years old and he is a sire # 1 in my
yard-son of TONKA and ALBURN! I also owned Indian Gary`s TULSA
вЂ“the daughter of CH TONKA x ALBURN, which is of SherwoodвЂ™s
breeding.

Tulsa was never been used for match, but she proved
her game in role with Big Bud`s MONEYBY who dominated but TULSA
did not make a step back! I myself tested TULSA when bought her
from Dennis-a Mallemee and she proved not only her gameness but
also the ability to tear her rival after that she was suffered
from hard beatings! All the testing lasted for more that 1 hour.
TULSA showed everything; unlimited game and destroyerвЂ™s
strength! She gave birth to three Champions: K.C. `S CH OKIE,
K.C.`S CLAYTON, one female-Champion ( do not remember her
nickname now) and several 1W, 2W and among which was a famous
Big Bud`s ARMISS 2W, who was a true friend for us with Big Bud.
It is worth mentioning about FLUFFY 2W and two murders that
stopped the dog of CH JEEP ROM line in classical match lasting
for 1:14! Being in fullest passive 9 just the same as his
mother) FLUFFY managed to kill a very strong contestant. Later I
changed TULS for Big Bud`s MAUDIE (she was born from CH TONKA x
TESSY), young dog, which Big Bud got from Pat Patrick. When she
was 2 years old I was testing her with GoGo (HAGLER x Heinzl`s
Pumphin). Maudie immediately caught hold of GoGOвЂ™s jaws and
when
we released them, GoGo lacked 2 incisors. That time I failed to
see Maudie in difficult situation. Therefore I used one more
daughter of Hagler, her name was Tequila. Tequila set about to
handle Maudie hard, but she not a speck lost courage and
responded with similar severity. They traumatized each other and
we decided to separate them.

But Maudie wanted more and more!
And then we delivered another dog to her in order to see if she
went towards the new rival and she did like a shot! I
immediately got her down and kissed this match for her father
over! Maudie had not to enter the ring for earning money,
because I had to go on вЂњundesirableвЂќ leave during her
treatment
after such heavy experience. Now I will be using her in breeding
as the worthiest continuator of this wonderful CH TONKAвЂ™s
line!
Your friend GaryвЂќ.

TONKA
also produced a dog which became a Champion in Holland, but
unfortunately her name is unknown. CH TONKAвЂ™s sibling- Wilson`s CH CRUSH appeared in Mexico and his
line
is very popular there. CH
TONKAвЂ™s sister - Uptown`s
CH
SNUBBY was sold and brought to New York and her son CH LOCKER was one of the
best
dogs working into the throat and which Jack Kelly ever met.

About 7 years ago Keith
William`s from Oregon bought young bitch which was
produced by Patrick`s TOTTO JIM вЂ“game sibling
of El Dos Bits Cortaro,
but her
mother was Patrick`sRUBY. Ruby was from Bull Boy Bob ROM and TUFFY. Keith named her RIBIN.

He got an offer to pair RIBIN
with any of PatrickвЂ™s
males and he agreed and chose, and paired her with CH TONKA, after that Ribin
with full barrel of puppies was sent to him by Patrick! Keith raised this CH TONKA * RIBINвЂ™s
offspring
which is famous now, where all the dogs turned to be game ones!
Out of this offspring was DRILLER
1W (who is still living in KeithвЂ™s) SABRINA
1W,
STREAKER
2W and LEGENDARY Otter`s CH TONKA BEAR ROM!

Cary Mickel (OTTER
KENNELS) acquired TONKA BEAR
and INDIAN MOON when
they
were still very young. INDIAN
MOON appeared to be very game dog and wonderful
breeder!
Gary personally
brought
TONKA BEAR towards
Champion title. Now he applies the dog in his breeding program.

At the present time the record of the dogs produced by Tonka Bear sums 19
victories!!
And only three defeats! TONKA
BEAR produced CH
BUELA.
(now TONKA BEAR has 5
points is in the list ROM ). This young, healthy
and
strong dog must give still many Champions; in 1995 TONKA BEAR got the title ROM.

One of CH TONKAвЂ™s
puppies
was sold to Old Fall Kennel`s in New York and it became famous
as
CH TUCSON TUMBLEWEED.
There are now two excellent CH
TONKAвЂ™s sons- Patrick`s
Double T Twister-this
dog
was
inbred
to CH TONKA
(Tonka was paired with
his
daughter).

Test Double T Twister
lasted for more than one hour and there were three dogs admitted
to this in succession! He is a game one like all the dogs of CH TONKA ROMвЂ™s line. ( Tonka is unreported ROM).

AVDEEVA`S RED ALERT CH ROM

The more time pass since
describable here circumstances the more number of foolish
stories arise around one of the first grand Champions with title
ROM, and consequently, the more eager the people loving athletic
dogs to find out the truth about the dog who became a legend.

There was a person going down the street in New York. Most of
all he was interested in finding a red-nosed male at the age of
6-7 months in order to improve the stock of the breed American
Pit Bull terrier вЂ“so the requirements of the client were
something like that. And here, ohone, it is good luck! A man in
the crowd with a dog on the leash captured his attention. It was
pit bull. In any place of the world lovers of the breed get
along very easily.

Therefore this man willing to get a nice pit bull got the
address of a little-known breeder who exactly had a male for
sale-the red nosed dog. But only the age was a problem. A future
five-time winner altering predestination of not a one person was
just a month..a little more than a month..After hopping the
ocean the furred tot could not recover from the shock connected
with the other things: food, water, air. Red Alert was taken
ill.

At the age of 1.5 month this puppy was still weak but merry and
liked to greet people by running towards them. His muzzle was
very jolly and pleasant! Red Alert was born in 1993, August 23.
According to the horoscope he is Leo. All born under this
constellation always demonstrate imperial habits. This dog was
not exclusion either. He was a quiet, portentous, loveful dog.
Before mating he вЂњkissedвЂќ his female and after mating he
вЂњkissed a mistress of this female as a token of gratitude.

One day a mistress of the bitch he was paired with left them
together immediately after mating in order they could
вЂњcommunicateвЂќ. Finally the bitch flew away with her broken
head to another city. By the way, she appeared to be vacant
after this mating. It is a unique case in pedigree work of the
kennel where was paired Red Alert-usually all paired dogs here
were giving offspring. The public usually is interested in just
this matter вЂ“ how many matings RED Alert made during his life?

Only now it is understood that, unfortunately, there were a
precious few expert matings. In the first instance, 7-8 years
ago export of racy dogs was not fixed yet. In the second place,
properly educated breeders still did not вЂњmatureвЂќ all around
the world. Thirdly, competition was so huge that it went without
saying that it did not occur to anyone to think about matings
with true dams. People paired dogs on вЂњwho will be more
eloquent while persuading each other about future matingвЂќ or
вЂњfor a puppyвЂќ basis.

The exact number of Red AlertвЂ™s matings is known but they will
not be declared now. People who are involved in dog-business
long ago do remember very well about вЂњleadersвЂ™ of commercial
breeding and sale. There were though very seldom true
вЂњbrilliants of pure bloodsвЂќ among вЂњCuban and Yugoslav
femalesвЂќ. For example, it is Nessy Luiza Nikolos.
Unfortunately, only few of the dams could make boast of game,
bite, talent for becoming a star of the ring.

Some of them did not ever fight at all, some вЂњjumped out of
the ringвЂќ and in their previous litters it was the same
вЂњjumpingвЂќ children. But what should be required from the
bitches, especially if there is a good prepotent male. Time has
proved that there is no mistake. And confirmation to that is
вЂњoffspringвЂќ that can be proud of. The author of this article
and she is also an educator of Red Alert was not ever a
sympathizer of dog fighting though even her so to say вЂњclose
acquaintancesвЂќ talked about fighting career of this dog.

And she is not such encourager either now. Just so happened that
the puppy raised by her as her beloved pet, the dog which when
asked: вЂњBoy, whose son are you?вЂќ chronically climbed her to
kiss and eventually he turned to be a fighter. Summer of 1993
was not simple. In order to save up the money for elite red
nosed puppy, offspring of Staffordshire terriers was sold, as
well as something from clothesвЂ¦A small red pit bull was
maturing on its ownerвЂ™s pillow, slept in her bed. His owner
took care of the dog as she could-from draughts, infections.

And she had a turn when was offered to use the dog in the ring.
She refused for a long time dogmatically, but a person who
brought this dog, immediately said the phrase which affected the
issue:вЂќ How one can have Mercedes and hold it in the yard!?вЂќ
At the age of 10 month Red Alert was very active puppy who
walked together with other dogs and noway answered caddish
accusations of adult dogs. He neither run, nor fell on his back
thus exposing his belly as many puppies do, he did not
bark.

He just stood and was silent. The contact-partner was found
almost immediately. And his partner was a Cuban dog weighting
about 40 kg against this 20 kg male. Why such a stupidity was
made when a puppy was paired with adult dog whose weight was
twice as large as his? But who has ever had a clear idea of such
notions as вЂњweightвЂќ, вЂњfailure in seizureвЂќ, etc? For the
sake of objectivity one should mention that some after all were
aware of the meaning of these words but preferred вЂњto stay in
the backgroundвЂќ.

However, the owner of Red Alert already knew how to вЂњsend
outвЂќ a dog in the ring. His first contact Red Alert executed
as if reflecting. But after grasping screams of dog owners were
heard everywhere, passion was involved in the spectacle, in one
word with all the trimming. This preliminary hounding lasted for
17 minutes. When the 15 th minute passed the contact-partners
were separated and Red Alert made scratch, first in his life.
Now it is very funny to watch this record where a puppyish
teen-ager runs towards a big white dog embraces her by the neck
with both the paws and turns about to her owner.

And in his eyes there is a question: вЂњMommy, what shall I
really do?вЂќ The dogs are separated. The second male did not go
to the scratch. Red AlertвЂ™s owner was very proud. The male was
extremely happy. His muzzle (by the way very beaten and
therefore swollen) kept the expression of placid and absolute
happiness. Like as eaglet standing up on the wing for the first
time. If you while reading these lines do not believe them at
all and are going to rotate your finger at your temple that
these are your troubles.

His canine nature was felt by sixth sense. Much time later one
person described his experiences acquired from the last the 5 th
match of Red AlertвЂ¦вЂќ-When timing of fight exceeded
the hours barrier, the dogs were very tired. A much traumatized
rival already did not make a stand against. Red Alert kept on
holding his opponent. And on sudden, you, his owner stopped
вЂњworking with him using your voiceвЂќ. It seemed to me, that
you are in a faint and gonna fall down upon the ring.

And then I saw that your male looked at you and immediately
began fighting with his competitor and that your вЂњsecond
breathвЂќ opened and you again set to work as partners. I saw
many matches in my life, but none of them was similar to that
one. I could hardly check the tears.вЂќ вЂ¦After
memorable contact the possibility for overcastting a seam arose
but this made nothing to his good disposition. He was excited,
gay, and вЂњateвЂќ his first success by apples and sausages that
were caught along by вЂњnew madeвЂќ pitmen.

Stories about the young American were penetrating in telephone
nets. вЂњ CubanвЂќ moods were very strong among the people. Some
of them claimed in good earnest that in Cuba dog owners feed
their pets with dog meat (and not every day), therefore Cuban
dogs are always hungry and bad-tempered, but satisfied Americans
produce just exterior non-fighting dogs. Near the New Year,
1994, these talks began touching human interests. The situation
happened to be very funny.

Once people who hold long lasting negotiations with Red
AlertвЂ™s owner on the occasion of puppy purchase and theyвЂ™d
lived at her home for 2 days and then set off to buy
вЂњCubanвЂќ. So it so happened than right after
celebration of New Year, 1995 these people and the owner of Red
Alert were involved in amazingвЂќ sparringвЂќ. A Cuban opponent
had a great fighting experience to the moment of contact and was
considered a dangerous вЂњdestroyerвЂќ. It is probable that it
was exactly like that.

Only in this case he could not demonstrate even half of his
abilities. Red Alert surprised not only numerous audiences but
his owner as well. He was suspected to reveal or not all
his match capabilities for first 10 minutes. This could permit
him ( due to public opinion) to turn into working pitbull out of
вЂњ sofaвЂќ dog. On the 10th minute of the contact it became
clear that Red Alert only began being interested in the match,
on the 44 th minute after crushing attacks into the head,
passages into the chest and the legs, вЂњgreat CubanвЂќ
was removed by his owner. So, it was the first time when there
was the assurance that red Alert was a pitbull who wanted to
win!!